spaltmeter

Swedish

Etymology

From spalt (“column”) +‎ meter.

Noun

spaltmeter c

  1. a (figurative) meter of text in columns (in a newspaper, as a more-or-less jocular unit in reference to copious coverage)
    Tidningarna har fått vittring på skandalen. Spaltmeter kommer skrivas om det här.
    The newspapers have picked up the scent of the scandal. "Column-meters" will be written about this.

Declension

Declension of spaltmeter
nominative genitive
singular indefinite spaltmeter spaltmeters
definite spaltmetern spaltmeterns
plural indefinite spaltmeter spaltmeters
definite spaltmeterna spaltmeternas
Declension of spaltmeter
nominative genitive
singular indefinite spaltmeter spaltmeters
definite spaltmetern spaltmeterns
plural indefinite spaltmetrar spaltmetrars
definite spaltmetrarna spaltmetrarnas

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